Overview
A 25-metre rock in Kumano, which looks like a lion roaring at the sea.
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A strange rock 25 m high in Kumano, Mie, shaped like a giant lion roaring toward the sea. It is a World Heritage site, a natural monument, and a place of scenic beauty, and is regarded as a guardian dog of Oma Shrine (enshrined upstream of the Idogawa River), paired with the neighboring Shinsendo.
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